Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,355, William Ferrell, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Ferrell, William
S. 3,355
Box N.C.
CONTENTS
carded

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, for from 4. Sept 1840 to 4. April 1841. 2 nd Regt. Notified 3 rd March 1843
19476 West Tennessee
William Serrell of Hicksville in the State of Tenn e who was a priv t in the C O commanded by Captain Hunt of the 10 th Reg t commanded by Col. Wilson in the N O time for 19 1/2 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of W.T. at the rate of 65 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept 1833 and William Garlough Garrisonboro
Arrears to the 1 st of Sept 1832 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 1 32 50 195 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan. Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 78
Died Apr 3, 1841, see A. B.

In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7- 1832
State of Tennessee Sackson County
On this 16 th day of May 1833 William Farnell personally appeared in open court before the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county of Sackson now sitting William Farnell as the resident of the said county of Sackson and State of Tennessee aged twenty six years the 16 th day of this month. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress, passed 7 June 1832, That He entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein after stated, Applicant was born and raised in the county of Franklin and State of North Carolina, Deering the Revolutionary war when the Militia of the State of North Carolina was called on to go into the army in defence of the country. Orders were sent to the Field officers of the Regiment in the county to furnish a certain number of men from their Regiments They then apportioned the number to be called out from the companies composing their Regiments and called on the Captains commanding companies to furnish their quota of men and for the men to rendezvous at some given place on a day appointed to be marched off to the army. If the Captain could not raise his quota of men by volunteers

a draft was Resorted to, applicant kept no Record of the time and dates and has at this time no documentary Eviden to Refer to and has to Rely on His memory and cannot state the times with certainty as he would wish
In the year 1779 and He thinks in the fore parts of the year, there was a call on the militia to serve a tour of duty in the South or Southern army applicant went as a substitute in the place of Thomas Arnold marched from Lewisburg formerly called Marys Bridge the County seat of Franklin the County where He then Resided under Captain Henry to Johnson or Edgecomb County cannot certainly say which, where we joined Col. Jonas Johnson who commanded the Regiment Then called out into the service of the united States, was then with Captain Hunt's Company under the command of Col. Johnson marched to Camp in South Carolina. Stayed in Camp a short time at Camden do not Recollect How long, then then with the Army marched to the South crossed Savannah River and joined the Regular Army commanded by General Lincoln at Augusta in Georgia, dont Recollect the time we stayed in Camp at Augusta, from there we was march down the River with the Regular Army, as well as I Recollect about this time Captain Hunt left the army and I was put under Captain Hester , we crossed the River back into South Carolina at or near the mouth of Bryan's Creek marching as I understood after the British army towards Charles Town crossed a small River called Ostee continued our march

after the British to Stono, I was in that battle which was in the summer and I think in June 1749 two of my company, Abraham Prim and Christopher Adams of Franklin County N.C. was killed in that battle and applicant was wounded in his left leg by a splinter knocked off from a tree that stood near him by a cannon ball, after the battle we was marched back to our old camp grounds, my wound did not disable me from active service for but a few days I was went with the army until after my time was out and received my from Col. Johnson my discharge and with others of the militia dis- charged at the same time returned home. was called out for three months but remained in actual service upwards of four months
2 d As well as I now recollect in the early part of the year 1780 there was another call for men upon the militia for men to go to the south to serve three months after they crossed the state line, I was from home when the orders was issued to call out the men to serve this tour of duty and did not return until after the men had marched off under Captain Richard Hanson of Franklin County N.C. part marched off with his company found a horse to ride hired a man to go with me to bring the horse back and as a volunteer followed Captain Hanson to Elizabeth Town on Cape Fear River below Cross Creek near Fayette, from there sent my horse back and marched on foot after Captain Hanson into South Carolina and joined my company under Captain Hanson

with the main army lying near Charles Town in South Carolina under the command of General Sims. In a short time after I joined the main army we marched into Charles Town where the militia and parts of the army I belonged to was actively engaged in strengthening and preparing to defend the place against the Enemy the siege commenced very soon after, and the principal business I remained in Charles Town with the army in Captain Ransom company and our principal employment was to work on the Forts, smart works, dig Ditches and Raise Abatis. (trees with the points of the limbs made sharp and laid to front the Enemy) to stop the approach and progress of the Enemy and their Dragoons, my time of service being out before the surrender and at the time being sick not able to do duty myself and others on the sick list whose time of service was out was discharged and sent out at the great gate only a few days before the gate was blocked up by the Enemy, my discharge was handed me by Captain Ransom about one week before I was marched out of Charles Town Colo Griffin of Chatham County N.C. was sent out with us to take care of the sick I continued with Colo Griffin for the distance of one hundred miles. He then permitted such as was willing to go on without him & myself and six or seven others that were discharged with me left him to make our way home as we could.

Being in a weak state of Health It was a considerable task and laborious march to me to get to my Home to Franklin County N.C. was in actual service this time before I was discharged including the time I was sick in Charles Town upwards of three months and not quite four,
3 Shortly after Applicant Returned Home there was another call for men to go to the south to General Gates, who then commanded as I understood the Southern Army. Applicant volunteered again to serve a three months time under Captain Julius Alfred of Franklin County N.C. and marched as well as I recollect in the latter part of May or Early in June 1780 from Lewisburg our County but under Captain Alfred with his Company to Crops Creek N.C. and there joined Col Benjamin Oxams Regiment of N.C. Militia, and marched from Crops Creek under the command of General Kettle towards Camden and joined General Gates Army in South Carolina. I think also Camden then marched with the Army while the troops was coming in and joining the main Army. To Rockly's Mill, cannot say the length of time we stayed there but not long before we was marched from there in the night to meet and fight the British. Our picket met the picket of the Enemy and there was some firing before day light we lay upon our arms until light was then drawn up in a line fronting the Enemy

at this time Captain Alfred was sent to guard the wagons and I was called into action under Captain Ransom my former Captain, as to the arrangement of Officers in this battle called Gates's Defeat I cannot say for I do not now recollect, the militia gave way and then at the first charge of the Enemy we was drawn up in front and bearing of the Enemy and in view of their movements before the action commenced and I believe the militia was panic struck at the sight and movements of the Enemy before the charge was made, the second day after this battle I found Col. Jones of Franklin County N.C. who had come from their with troops to reinforce the Army and joined him at Shenandoah Hills on Pedee we marched from there to near Harry's Mill on Deep River Then Col. Axum came up and relieved me and others of our Regiment that was there to go home and meet him and at Hillsborough on a given day and bring with us as many of the Highland soldiers as we could pick up and bring on with us. I cannot state the time we was to meet but it was a short time and we returned from Franklin our place of rendezvous with Col. Jones to Hillsborough agreeable to the time and there met and joined Captain Alfred and Col. Axum amounting I think to about one Regiment and marched to the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River and Col. Axum gave the Officers orders to discharge their men, having now been in service longer

Than the time called out for I Rec d . my discharge and started home. Some Officers marched one day with us towards home and then left us. If my memory is correct and I speak from that alone this was the last of September or first of October 1780. I was in Actual service this tour including the time I was furloughed some days more than four months. In the fore part of the year 1781, there was a call for men again to go to the Army under Genl Green, in the upper counties of N.C. Applicant volun- teered to serve three months as a private under Captain John Robertson of Franklin County N.C. Who Rec d . a company of mounted volunteers to provide their own horses and serve three months. Applicant does not recollect the day or month but knows it was early in the year 1781. He marched in Captain Robertson's company from Lewisburg this county not to join General Green's Army then in the upper counties or southern part of the state same where in the county of Orange or Guilford N.C. They joined a part of the Light Horse commanded by Colo Malmidea a French Officer there the company was divided Captain Robertson and a part of the company with him was sent on to join General Green's Army Applicant and a part of the company with their Lieutenant Isaac Farnell of Franklin County N.C. was left with Colo Malmidea applicant continued with

and under Col. Malmida marching and trav- ing the country in and about the neighbourhood of General Greens Army, something like a rout- ing party of two or three companies waiting as he supposes the movements of the British Army until the Battle of Guilford commenced when they heard the firing suppose they was six or seven miles from the place of action Col Malmade with his men pushed as hard as their horses could them towards the Battle ground where we got near the Battle ground the Battle was over and we met the wounded and some of the Army Our March was continued by Col Malmade to the Battle ground and he kept us round and about reconnoitering the Enemy during the whole of the night after the Battle and about day break marched us to General Greens Camp four miles from the Battle ground. Their Captain Robertson  Harrison company of Mounted men was dismounted by order as I suppose of General Green and part of the company discharged to carry our Horses Some Applicant was continued with General Greens Army under Captain Robertson in pursuit of John Wallis to Hamreys mill then General Green quit the pursuit of John Wallis and we was marched with General Greens Army to Camden in South Carolina Our time of service was out before we reached Camden but as I

was informed we was continued in service by General Greens Orders untill after we arrived at Camden after arriving there and as I understood He declined attempting to take the place by storm then ordered us to be discharged and applicant Rec d . His discharge from His Captain and Returned Home to Franklin County, V.C. He was out in actual service at least four months before He Rec d His discharge, thinks to the best of His Recollection He must have been mustered into service in the first week in January and discharge the last of April or first of May 1781. But will not posi- tively say as to the day
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As Col o Wallis was marching through N.C. by Halifax Towards Petersburg in V.A. I think it was in the month of May 1781, there was a call upon the State Militia for two months men to hang on upon and harass him in His march I had just Returned Home from serving a tour of duty, volunteered my services again Rec d the appointment of Lieutenant under Captain Swan Proton  Houston of Halifax County N.C. and Raised a volunteer company Col o Brittle of Franklin County N.C. was our Col o we marched after Col o Wallis from Franklin County to Halifax and was stationed there under Col o Brittle for the defence of that place untill my Orders was given for our discharge Col o Brittle then discharged us was in actual service this tour as an Officer in the Rank of Lieutenant

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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further states certifies that it appears to them that Simon Carlisle who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Jackson County Tennessee, and that James M c Smith who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county of State and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Saml H c Witcher
John Green
John M c Gaver
I, William Gailbreath clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Jackson County Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of William Farnell for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of May 1838.
William Gailbreath

two months most as well as I recollect started from our place of Rendezvous the seat of justice in Franklin County N.C. in the month of May and disbanded at Halifax N.C. in the month of July or August 1781
6 The day after applicant got home from serving the 100 days tour of duty there being a call for mounted men before two months in the upper counties of N.C. against the Tories applicant volunteered again raised a company and was chosen and appointed captain to command the company against the Tories at the head of his company of upwards of sixty men mounted armed and equipped at their own expense with Lieutenant William Ely marched off from the seat of justice in Franklin County N.C. under Col. Hardin Griffin of Nash County who was our Col to command the Regiment, first marched to Nash Court House N.C. Remained not more than two days there before we marched off for the Tory country, first marched to Tarborough in Edgecombe County then turned up through Granville Nash, Flat River at DeHavens Bridge continued our march through Wake County into Chatham on Deep River near Strouds Ford and there camped to protect the surrounding country against the Tories and keep them in awe, from this place we used to send out scouting parties to harass the Tories and prevent their

collecting to distress or injure the whigs and to protect the well disposed people of the country, while encamped at this place one Tony by the name of John Watts was taken prisoner mounted on the horse of a whig that he had taken by some art of the place of the owner of the horse when brought into camp he by order of Genl Gates was hung by the neck until he was dead while encamped at this place a number of Tories to the amount of 160 came into camp and surrendered themselves to accept the terms of parole, then offered them as I suppose by the Governor of the State and as they came in the Colo gave them certificates of their surrender and submission and suffered them to depart in Peace we marched from this encampment near Stroudges Ferry down the River and encamped near the Fork of Swift and here River we only lay there a few days before we had our discharges and returned home I served this Tony as a Captain commanding a company of mounted men in this and every other case was called into service by the proper and legal authority of the State of N.Y. was in actual service two months this Tony,
Applicant has no documentary evidence to show any of his services he knows

of no living witnesses by whom he can prove his deposits Except Benjamin Perry whose statement is here appended and who lived a neighbor to him during the time of the Revolutionary war
Applicant as before stated was born in Franklin County formerly Mute, North Carolina the 14 th of May 1757 has a Record of his age now in his possession which he took from his Father's Bible. When called into service he lived in said County of Franklin N.C. from which place he moved to Dickson County Tennessee where he now lives and has lived for the last twenty six years volunteered in all his tours except one when he substituted for Thomas Arnold or Arndell as above stated cannot state more of the officers & general circumstances than the above had but little intercourse with the Re- gulars or their officers he received regular discharges as before stated but believing them of no value needs preserved them and they have been lost for many years he never received a commission from any officer for his office of Lieutenant and Captain more than a certificate from the Colo which appointments he held and served as before stated.
The Rev d Simon Carlisle and Colo James W. Smith are his neighbors and will testify to his character for piety and the belief

and the value of his services as a Revolutionary soldier, Benjamin Perry who has made a statement of his services, lives in an adjoining county but a few miles distance and is his neighbor.
Affidavit cannot state to a day the precise time of his service, but can safely say he served as a captain in the Revolutionary War two months, and Lieutenant two months, and as a private soldier fifteen months & twenty days, and for such service he claims a pension.
He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declared that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State except the present.
Subscribed before me this 10th day of March 1841
William Garlbrath Clerk of Jackson County Court.
We Simon Carlisle a Clergyman residing in Jackson County Tennessee & James W. Smith residing in the same County & State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Garlbrath who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is a faithful and diligent in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War and that we concur in that opinion.
Simon Carlisle
James W. Smith
William Garlbrath Clerk of Jackson County Court

No 25771
West
William Durrell Jackson County Tennessee
from 1779 pinto 19 1/2 months $65.-
65 65 3250 11250
Wm Galtbreath Bk Jackson County Tenn Gainesborough

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of William Ferrell Jackson County Tennessee
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sub- 1779 — 4 — private { Capt Hunt, Col Johnson Gen l Lincoln 76 years County of Franklin N Carolina Traditional evidence None witness certified credible - papers correct   Vol 1780 about 3 15 " Capt Ransom, Gen l Lincoln   Vol - June 1780 — 4 — " { Gen l Gates, Capt Alfred, Col Adams, Col Butler,   Vol 1781 — 4 — { mounted men Capt Roberson, Col Malunida   Vol - 1781 — 2 — lieut. Capt Levis, Colonel Col Brette   Vol - " — 2 — captain Col Griffin Battle of Stono, Gates defeat,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1932
BA-J/ML
Honorable Cordell Hull United States Senate Washington, D.C.
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of July 2, in behalf of Doctor W.D.Ferrell, of Nashville, Tennessee, in regard to securing the record of William Ferrell, a Revolutionary War pensioner who died in Jackson County, Tennessee, and that of H.B.McDonald, a soldier of the War of 1812, whose widow, Julia G., of Carthage, Tennessee, received a pension until her death.
The full records of those soldiers are given below:
William Ferrell S. 3355.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.3355, based upon the military service of William Ferrell in that war.
William Ferrell was born May 18, 1757, in Franklin County, North Carolina.
While residing in Franklin County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops, as follows: from sometime in 1779, exact date not stated, about four months in Captains Henry Hunt's and Joester's Companies, Colonel Jonas Johnston's Regiment and was in the battle of Stone where he was severely wounded in the left leg by a splinter of wood blown off a tree, near which he was standing, by a cannon ball: from early in 1780, about three months in Captain Richard Ransom's Company and was at the siege of Charleston: from about June 1, 1780, four months in Captains Julius Alfred's and Richard Ransom's Companies, Colonel Aram's Regiment and was in the battle of Camden: from about January 1, 1781, four months
Cred not idently any of these off except Col. Johnston & Malmedy
in Captain John Roberson's Company of mounted volunteers, under Colonel Malmedy, a French officer.
In May, 1781, he was appointed lieutenant and served as such officer for two months in Captain Levin Crouton's(?) Company in Colonel Brittle's North Carolina Regiment: immediately after the expiration of this term of service, he was appointed captain, served for two months as such captain in Colonel Hardis Griffin's North Carolina Regiment and went on an expedition against the Tories.
After the Revolution, he moved from Franklin County, North Carolina, to Jackson County, Tennessee, where he had lived for twenty-six years when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833.
He died April 3, 1841. AB
There are no data as to his family.

1909 July 9 Hist. to E.L. Surran. V.P.M.
1911 Dec. 26 E.L. Surran that he was furnished a statement as above. V.P.M.
1932 July 9 - Hist to Hon Cordell Hull Forst. St. & Terrac. E.E.O.
1932 - July 11 - Hist to Adm. Sec. E.E.O.
Reuben
3355 INVALID.
File No. 3355-
William Farrell
Port N.C. line
Act: June 7/32
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

25771 William Kennell Version Declaration
Jackson County Tennessee

State of Tennessee Jackson County 3
Benjamin Perry aged sixty nine years next December. States that during the Revolutionary war she lived a neighbor to William Ferrill the present applicant for a pension in Franklin County North Carolina and when they were both born and never lived exceeding three miles apart until they came to the Western County thirty five years ago, was well acquainted with him & all his family, applicant was not in the service with him but knew of his going into the service of the revolutionary war, he has here seen the declaration made by said Ferrill & heard it read over, was well acquainted with all the officers here named in the different tours & of his leaving home on the his return home tours, knew particularly of the circumstances of said Ferrill substituting in one tour for one Thomas Arnold or Arndel, from the intimacy existing between the families he was at that time well acquainted with their transaction. Every person in that county who was acquainted with William Ferrill the present applicant knew of his services as a soldier of the revolutionary war nor did he ever hear his bravery & willingness to serve his country doubted. has no doubt of the correctness of applicant's statement. Applicant has heretofore & does now support the character of an honest man, a man of truth & high respectability where he lives. Applicant is a resident of Smith county adjoining the county of Jackson where said Ferrill resides, he lives but a few miles distant from him and is his

neighbor, has the utmost confidence in any thing he will state which is the general reputation he bears in his neighborhood & among those who know him.
Subscribed & sworn to this 16 th day of May 1833. W. Baillie, clerk. Benjamin Perry John Graham of Jackson county, Tenn.
We the undersigned members of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for Jackson county Tennessee hereby certify that Benjamin Perry whose name appears to the foregoing statement personally appeared in open court & subscribed & sworn to the same in presence of the court. And the court further certifies that the said Benjamin Perry is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to credit. The said court concurs in that opinion. Sandy H. Mitchell John Graham John McCarver
I William Baillie clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Jackson county Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court & that John McCarver John Graham & Sandy H. Mitchell Esquires are the members of said court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of May 1833. William Baillie

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Wm Terrell
Service N. C.
Additional Service Rev. War
en. from N.C. moved to Jackson Co. Tenn.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except I-# 3355 en. from N.C. moved to Jackson Co. Tenn. " # 6831

Cookeville, Tenn
June, 26, 1909
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir,
I would like to obtain all the information from your office of the war record (Revolutionary) of one Wm. Ferrell who enlisted in the army from North Carolina and afterward removed to Jackson County, Tenn. It seems that he was granted a pension about 1840.
Respectfully
E. L. Furrell

REED SMOOT, UTAH, CHAIRMAN
JAMES E. WATSON, IND. PAT HARRISON, MISS. DAVID A. REED, PA. WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE, CALIF. WALTER F. GEORGE, GA. JAMES COUZENS, MICH. DAVID I. WALSH, MASS. HENRY W. KEYES, N. H. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, KY. HIRAM BINGHAM, CONN. TOM CONNALLY, TEX. ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, JR., WIS. THOMAS P. GORE, OKLA. JOHN THOMAS, IDAHO EDWARD P. COSTIGAN, COLO. WESLEY L. JONES, WASH. CORDELL HULL, TENN. JESSE H. METCALF, R. I.
ISAAC M. STEWART, CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
July 2, 1932.
Hon. E.W. Morgan, Director of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Morgan :
Dr. W.D. Ferrell of Nashville, Tennessee, writes me that he is very anxious to obtain copies of pension papers of one of his great-grandfathers, William Ferrell, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, who served in the North Carolina Line. It is stated that he was pensioned about 1833, and died in Jackson County, Tennessee, April 3, 1941. He also desires copies of papers of his other great-grandfather, H.B. McDonald, a soldier of the War of 1812. It is stated that his widow, Julia G. McDonald of Carthage, Tennessee, drew a pension until her death in 1902.
I shall thank you to furnish copies of these papers, if available.
Very sincerely,
Dee H. Fee

BOARD OF PUBLIC ROAD COMMISSIONERS of Putnam County, Tennessee
E. L. FERRELL, Cookeville, Superintendent of Public Roads
Cookeville, Tenn., Dec 16, 1911
Pension Department Washington D.C.
Please send me a copy of the war record of one William Ferrell who was soldier in the War of the Revolution, belonging to a North Carolina regiment. He afterwards lived and died in Jackson County Tennessee.
Also record of one Larkin Ferrell who was a soldier in the War of 1812 enlisting in Jackson County. I especially wish to know the date of this man's birth
Respectfully
E. L. Ferrell

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feb'y 7 th , 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Executor of William Ferrell, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten. Agency, at the rate of Sixty five Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 5 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th April 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Purdie Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Farrell Ser. File 3355-1
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1779 4 mos. Pvt. Henry Hunt Jonas Johnson Ky.   " Isaac   * 1780 3 mos. " Richard Ransom ✓   May 1780 4 mos. " Julius Alfred William P. Dunn   June 1781 4 mos. " John Roberson Malady   May 1781 2 mos. Lieut. Levan Branton Hardin Griffith   Immediately after 2 mos. Capt.  
where he was wounded in left leg.
Battles engaged in, Defeat of Charles Town, Camden. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Franklin Co. Ky. Date of application for pension, May 16, 1833. His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Franklin Co. Tenn. Age at date of application, born May 18, 1767 in Franklin Co. Ky.  died Apr. 3, 1841
1779 76 1781
Remarks: * from R. G. & Co. book.

Rev. War.
December 26, 1911.
Mr. E. L. Ferrell, Cookeville, Tenn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 16" and received the 18" instant, you are advised that the record of William Ferrell Sur. File No. 3,355, Rev. War, was furnished you July 9, 1909.
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to any person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

July 11, 1932
BA-J/REL aw
Memorial Branch Office of the Quartermaster General War Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Ferrell , a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.3355, based upon the military service of William Ferrell in that war.
William Ferrell was born May 18, 1757, in Franklin County, North Carolina.
While residing in Franklin County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops, as follows: from sometime in 1779, exact date not stated, about four months in Captains Henry Hunt's and Jeeter's Companies, Colonel Jonas Johnston's Regiment and was in the battle of Stono where he was severely wounded in the left leg by a splinter of wood blown off a tree, near which he was standing, by a cannon ball: from early in 1780, about three months in Captain Richard Ransom's Company and was at the siege of Charleston: from about June 1, 1780, four months in Captains Julius Alfred's and Richard Ransom's Companies, Colonel Axam's Regiment and was in the battle of Camden: from about January 1, 1781, four months in Captain John Roberson's Company of mounted volunteers, under Colonel Malmedy, a French officer.
In May, 1781, he was appointed lieutenant and served as such officer for two months in Captain Levin Crouton's(?) Company in Colonel Brittle's North Carolina Regiment: immediately after the expiration of this term of service, he was appointed captain, served for two months as such captain in Colonel Hardis Griffin's North Carolina Regiment and went on an expedition against the Tories.

After the Revolution, he moved from Franklin County, North Carolina, to Jackson County, Tennessee, where he had lived for twenty-six years when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833.
He died April 3, 1841.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Enclosures-4
1. Original "Ap." for headstone 2. Copy of Bureau of Pensions letter dated July 9, 1909 on a form 3. Letter of Mr. H. C. Bach, Granville Tenn in regard to placing Apr 25 1932 soldier's headstone on his farm. 4. Letter of Mrs. Edith Rucker Whitley, Nashville, Tenn. in regard to securing headstone